So from now through the summer of 2012, which two max players do you want to get?

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The regs know who I want, or should anyway. It's Melo and Paul all day..

I've warmed a lot to the prospect of a Melo acquisition over the last couple of months. It just makes sense on so many levels.

Getting Paul is just a no brainer. HOF PG in a PG dependant system. Common guys. He'd be absolutely sick on our team w the two other stars.

Both players along w Amare would give us the best core of any team in the league, in my opinion.

Go get er done Donnie!

+1

I've never been sour on Paul, but I recently watched a lot of his games...And wow.

So many devalue him here. Toons (not singling out, it's many ppl saying it and he's just a big name poster) recently said what's the difference even between CP3 and Felton but a few assists.

I'd go so far as to say he is Lebron-like in his ability to own a game. Lebron of course does this through more explicit domination. But at the end of the day, CP3 owns his team and the games like no other -- since Lebron when he was with the Cavs.

With his remarkable efficiency, and total non-need to be high or even medium volume as as a shooter, being the facilitator for Melo and STAT would be the ultimate.

CP3 behind any grououng of superstars doesn't get any better. Ideally, I may want Howard-STAT-CP3, with Gallo in the middle. ****..

But assuming Melo comes, CP3 > Howard for me. Howard can be a very modest volume scorer, too, and some efficient. Yet for him, that may very well be his Achilles flaw.

I've never been sour on Paul, but I recently watched a lot of his games...And wow.

So many devalue him here. Toons (not singling out, it's many ppl saying it and he's just a big name poster) recently said what's the difference even between CP3 and Felton but a few assists.

I'd go so far as to say he is Lebron-like in his ability to own a game. Lebron of course does this through more explicit domination. But at the end of the day, CP3 owns his team and the games like no other -- since Lebron when he was with the Cavs.

With his remarkable efficiency, and total non-need to be high or even medium volume as as a shooter, being the facilitator for Melo and STAT would be the ultimate.

CP3 behind any grououng of superstars doesn't get any better. Ideally, I may want Howard-STAT-CP3, with Gallo in the middle. ****..

But assuming Melo comes, CP3 > Howard for me. Howard can be a very modest volume scorer, too, and some efficient. Yet for him, that may very well be his Achilles flaw.

We'd be Showtime Lakers 2.0 but better.

That knee brace the size of Kentucky that Paul is playing with causes me trepidation.

That knee brace the size of Kentucky that Paul is playing with causes me trepidation.

Fair point. Howard is steel. And even as STAT ages and we even assume an injury, a locked up Howard-Melo prime core for at least another 3years above the STAT threshold would assure a contender, even dominance.

I'm not too savvy in Paul's injury, tho, other than basic headline snippets.

Melo plus

If we get Melo in an extend and trade, the combined salaries of him and Amar'e will approach $40M in 2012. If we get Melo in free agency and under a new CBA with a likely lower cap, he will get whatever the max will be. In either event, I do not see cap space for another star like Howard or CP3 in 2012.

I've never been sour on Paul, but I recently watched a lot of his games...And wow.

So many devalue him here. Toons (not singling out, it's many ppl saying it and he's just a big name poster) recently said what's the difference even between CP3 and Felton but a few assists.

I'd go so far as to say he is Lebron-like in his ability to own a game. Lebron of course does this through more explicit domination. But at the end of the day, CP3 owns his team and the games like no other -- since Lebron when he was with the Cavs.

With his remarkable efficiency, and total non-need to be high or even medium volume as as a shooter, being the facilitator for Melo and STAT would be the ultimate.

CP3 behind any grououng of superstars doesn't get any better. Ideally, I may want Howard-STAT-CP3, with Gallo in the middle. ****..

But assuming Melo comes, CP3 > Howard for me. Howard can be a very modest volume scorer, too, and some efficient. Yet for him, that may very well be his Achilles flaw.

We'd be Showtime Lakers 2.0 but better.

its not that i devalue paul, its just that if you have a choice RIGHT NOW to fill any gaps out CURRENT roster has, its a no brainer that you pick howard over paul. if paul gets 20 assists per game and we still get killed on the glass, we lose.